How the US government convinces Americans – and other governments – that war is necessary, and considers a global warming bill in California.

The episode looked into the dangers of nuclear power plants, featured literary legend Doris Lessing and took a look at Gullah culture's contemporary challenges.

NOW looks at the future of digital intellectual property, considers the ethics of the Estate Tax, and looks back at what prompted the Clear Air Act.

As drug costs increase, are advertising agencies influencing the research behind your medication? And at one Mississippi high school, a former civil rights activist is using math to change his students' lives.

Panelists discuss the state of the Earth, including population, poverty, hunger, health, energy, water and genetic diversity.

This episode features environmental insiders with the rug pulled out from under them, the varying lives of children around the world, Iraqi economic sanctions and changes afoot in Harlem.

Coal has been a major part of the consciousness of the industrialized world for centuries. What role does coal play in the US and the world?

Our landfills are filling up with some pretty noxious stuff, including computers and TV sets. The issue of E-waste is global, especially since many countries ship their toxic leftovers overseas.

Two hundred thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. But what happens if a woman opts for the test and the person reading it isn't up to the job? What can you do to protect yourself?

As US communities fought a government plan to truck nuclear waste across the country, NOW looked at an Alabama town that suffered the consequences of toxic waste for years.